City vs city
Fort Branch vs Melody Hill, IN
Fort Branch currently scores 5 points higher overall than Melody Hill, with the largest gap in hail.
Use this comparison for relocation decisions, insurance shopping, and hazard-prioritized mitigation planning.
Hazard breakdown
Scores describe each city’s reference grid tile, not every property. A missing model is unavailable, not zero risk. Air quality uses an ingested EPA AirNow snapshot and may not reflect current conditions; other factors describe baseline exposure. The overall score blends different hazards and is not a probability of damage. Read the scoring methodology and sources.
Overall
Fort Branch: 40/100 · Melody Hill: 35/100
Fort Branch is 5 points higher.
Flood
Fort Branch: 38/100 · Melody Hill: 49/100
Melody Hill is 11 points higher.
Fort Branch: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
Melody Hill: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 18 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Fort Branch: 15/100 · Melody Hill: 15/100
No gap.
Fort Branch: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Melody Hill: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Fort Branch: 50/100 · Melody Hill: 50/100
No gap.
Fort Branch: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Melody Hill: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Fort Branch: 46/100 · Melody Hill: 35/100
Fort Branch is 11 points higher.
Fort Branch: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Melody Hill: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Fort Branch: 84/100 · Melody Hill: 59/100
Fort Branch is 25 points higher.
Fort Branch: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Melody Hill: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Fort Branch: Unavailable · Melody Hill: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Fort Branch: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Melody Hill: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Fort Branch: 16/100 · Melody Hill: 4/100
Fort Branch is 12 points higher.
Fort Branch: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Melody Hill: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Fort Branch: 30/100 · Melody Hill: 31/100
Melody Hill is 1 points higher.
Fort Branch: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Melody Hill: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.